Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/11

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Value of Rolleiflex
From: marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small)
Date: Fri Jan 11 21:22:34 2008
References: <DC4B73A4105FCE4FAE0CEF799BF84B36013F1FEA@case-email> <4787E670.8060008@hemenway.com> <aed41d690801111507k1a709083k9fd2c69e030b3473@mail.gmail.com>
 
At 06:07 PM 1/11/2008, Jeffery Smith wrote:
 >I assumed it was because Planar (Zeiss) is associated with Hasselblad, and
 >Schneider is associated with Kodak (Retina) et al.

Bear in mind that the lenses for the original 
Hasselblad 1600F were all made by Kodak.  Zeiss 
only got into play when they proved they could 
supply lenses for less cost than could Big Yellow.

Marc


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In reply to: Message from drodgers at casefarms.com (David Rodgers) ([Leica] OT: Value of Rolleiflex)
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